A character in Rocky (1976)

Paulie quotes from Rocky (1976)

Burt Young

5th most-quoted character in Rocky (1976): in 8 of its 55 quotes
Most scenes with: Rocky Balboa (2), Adrian (2)

A line from Paulie [as Rocky is punching meat]

You're breakin' the ribs. You do that to Apollo Creed,
they'll put us in jail for murder.

More lines from Paulie

4 quotes
Paulie
[to Rocky]

Forget her...You could do better than her...She's a friggin'
loser...Sometimes she gets me so crazy, I could split her head with a razor...Adrian ain't sharp.
Adrian is a loser...She's pushin' thirty-friggin' years old and if she don't watch out, she's
gonna end up dyin' alone...The girl's dryin' up...If she don't start livin', her body's gonna dry
up.

Paulie
[to Rocky about Gazzo]

Tell him I'm a good man and nothin' bothers me. I'd make a great
collector. Bustin' bones don't bother me.

Paulie
[to Adrian]

I want ya out of here instamatically. I'm sick of seein' ya hang around
like a freakin' spider. Go out and live, enjoy life...I want ya outta here. Get outta the house.
Get out and enjoy your friggin' life!

Paulie
[in the bathroom of a bar]

I'd like to kill the freaking guy who broke this
mirror.

Scenes with Paulie

3 scenes

Einstein flunked out of school - twice.

Paulie

Is that so?

Yeah. Beethoven was deaf, Helen Keller was blind. I think Rocky's got a good
chance.

Paulie

What's the story? What's happenin'? Ya really like her?

Sure, I like her.

Paulie

I don't see it. What's the attraction?

I don't know. Fills gaps, I guess.

Paulie

What's 'gaps'?

I dunno, gaps. She's got gaps, I got gaps. Together, we fill gaps. I dunno.

Paulie

You ballin' her?

Hey! Hey, ya don't talk dirty about your sister.

Paulie

Ya screwin' my sister?

Ya see. That's why I can't connect ya with Gazzo...because you got a big
mouth...You just talk too much.

Paulie

I don't want nothin' from you, this ain't no charity case...Get outta my
house...You're no friend no more...Both of ya get out of my house...Now you're a big-shot fighter
on the way up. You don't even throw a crumb to your friend Paulie. When I go and get your meat
every morning, you forgot that, and then I even give you my sister too.

Only a pig would say that!

Paulie

I'm a pig? A pig that seen you had the best. [He smashes a serving set on a
side table]
...I don't get married because of you. You can't live by yourself. I put you two
together and you - don't you forget it. You owe me! You owe me.

What do I owe you?

Paulie

You're supposed to be good to me.

I don't owe you nothin'. And you made me feel like a loser. I'm not a
loser.

Paulie

You're busted - you're not a virgin...Ya let him in your pants. I can't haul
meat no more. [sits, crying]

[Adrian and Rocky leave the room]

You want a roommate?

Absolutely.

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